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Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center has strong ties to community

High Point Regional embarks on new century of caring

Quick Facts • Beds: 146 • Doctors: 220 • Employees: 630

BY CHANEL DAVIS STAFF WRITER

High Point Regional serves more than 120,000 patients each year.

By Paul B. Johnson STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT — The city’s leading medical center has provided care for patients from a time when modern medicine was in its infancy to a period today when cutting-edge cures heal the sick.

Now, through its recent merger with UNC Health Care, the medical professionals at High Point Regional Health System prepare to keep caring for patients while keeping up with the fast-paced changes in medical care.

High Point Regional officials are working with UNC Health Care on capital and construction plans, said Dr. Greg Taylor, chief operating officer with the health system.

“We’ve actually begun some of those projects,” he said.

The investment will include renovating operating rooms, expanding the hospital’s emergency department and performing renovations in the women’s unit, Taylor said.

“We’ve gotten a lot of support from UNC on those projects. We’ve been working with them to look at opportunities with contracting, both through managed care and with our supply chain,” he said.

While Taylor said that hospital officials don’t expect a major impact from the Affordable Care Act as it’s implemented in its initial year during 2014, the mammoth health insurance

THOMASVILLE — Since 1930, Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center has been a part of the Thomasville community.

The original City Memorial Hospital of Thomasville opened its doors July 1930 with 31 beds. The hospital was organized by community leaders T.A. Finch, C.H. Phillips, Doak Finch, James R. Lambeth and A.H. Ragan.

In 1934, the Nurses Home adjacent to the hospital was built.

The hospital opened the first intensive care unit in the area in 1966 to give speLAURA GREENE | HPE cialized care to coronary and critically-ill Marcy Shipwash, RN, BSN at Novant Health Medical Center in Thomasville, searches through patient files. patients. The hospital pioneered one of the first cardiac rehabilitation programs in the area when it established Piedmont Cardiac Rehab, located at the Tom A. Finch Community YMCA, according to the hospital’s HPE | FILE website.

In 1967, the Hospital Guild of Thomasville was formed. The volunteer group assisted the hospital by purchasing equipment, established the Hospitality Shop and helped establish an educational scholarship to assist those going into the medical field.

On Jan. 1, 1971, the hospital name officially was changed to Community General Hospital of Thomasville. The facility moved to another location Aug. 7, 1971, after a $1.5 million community fund drive. A new emergency room, outpatient surgery department and radiology department were added in 1983.

In 1986, the Outpatient Cancer Treatment FILE | HPE Center opened to bring cancer services Dr. Zan Tyson talks with a patient in the exam room at Carolina Regional Heart Center, part close to home for patients and families. In of High Point Regional Health. High Point Regional Health is a private, not-for-profit health 1988, the new intensive care, coronary care care system with more than 2,300 staff, ranking it as one of the top employers in the city. and pediatric units were opened. In September 1988, The Learning Place opened, LAURA GREENE | HPE establishing Community General as one of Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center has had a presence in the Thomasville community for more than 80 years. the first Triad hospitals to establish on-site child care.

In November 1997, Community General merged with Novant Health, joining Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem and Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte.

In March 2001, Community General Hospital of Thomasville officially changed its name to Thomasville Medical Center and in June opened a large addition. The $9.3 million expansion included operating rooms, an outpatient multi-specialty clinic, and renovation of an existing 31,000-square foot space. The medical center established programs for sleep disorders, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women’s health and behavioral health.

In 2008, Thomasville Medical Center opened a $10 million emergency department and expanded the number of treatment rooms from 10 to 27. In January 2012, the new Women’s Center opened, featuring a new nursery, birthing suites and postpartum rooms to accommodate parents. In February 2012, the Women’s Heart Center was established to provide comprehensive heart-risk assessment to pinpoint personal risk factors and set goals to improve women’s health.

In May 2012, the behavioral health unit added an additional 12 beds to its inpatient behavioral health unit, enabling the hospiYou deserve the best health possible, and that includes a healthy tal to serve up to 45 inpatients. heart. We’re committed to your wellness, which is why we offer a Jane Murphy, marketing public relacomprehensive $25 heart risk assessment to screen for and protect tions officer, said the hospital continues ™ against heart disease, the number one killer of women. to improve the quality of care delivered to Discover an outpatient GreenLight laser treatment that patients.

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program could bring big changes in the coming years.

“Long term, we hope to see more insured patients,” Taylor said.

Another health insurance issue that would affect High Point Regional in the coming years is any state government reform of Medicaid, the program that provides coverage to low-income people.

“We all have our fingers crossed that the state will make some decision about expanding Medicaid that will be helpful to hospitals,” he said.

“That’s both a gap in coverage for patients in North Carolina, and it’s a gap in revenue for health care providers, both hospitals and physicians.”

The merger with UNC Health Care, announced in the fall of 2012 and completed in the spring of last year, was the first time that High Point Regional combined forces formally with another health care system since its founding in 1904.

High Point Regional Health is a private, not-forprofit health care system with more than 2,300 staff, ranking it as one of the top employers in the city.

The hospital, the main medical center for the city of High Point, offers 351 private beds for medical and surgical patients.

The hospital serves more than 120,000 patients each year.

High Point Regional Health System covers six primary service areas: Carolina Regional Heart Center, Hayworth Cancer Center, the Neuroscience Center, the Esther R. Culp Women’s Center, the Emergency Center and the Piedmont Joint Replacement Center.

Other services offered through the health system include the Rehab Center, the Millis Regional Health Education Center, the Regional Wound Center, the Diabetes Self Care Management Center, the Vascular Center and High Point Behavioral Health.

Another aspect of the health system is Regional Physicians, a group of multi-specialty medical practices. Regional Physicians is a wholly owned subsidiary of High Point Regional, serving residents in greater High Point, Asheboro, Jamestown, Thomasville, Lexington and southwest Greensboro.

From its conception 10 years ago, Regional Physicians has grown from two doctors’ practices to 20 locations, representing 14 medical specialties. Regional Physicians has more than 45 board certified doctors. pjohnson@hpe.com | 888-3528

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disease management, hematology, genetic testing and counseling, cancer screening, melanoma surveillance HIGH POINT — Cone Health and a cancer survivorship program. has expanded its services to offer The LeBauer HeartCare Center also is High Point residents a one-stoplocated in the center, where patients shop environment for health care. can receive cardiac disease treatment The facility, which opened and rehabilitation, heart and in June 1, 2009, has a 24-hour vascular medication management, freestanding emergency and screening and management for department with onsite lab blood pressure and cholesterol. and imaging services, as The center has an on-site imaging well as a pharmacy with facility that can accommodate extended weekday hours. after-hours needs. Services include The practices located in Laura Greene | HPE a 40-slice CT Scanner, PET-CT, MedCenter High Point’s MedCenter High Point is not just for emergencies, but also for patients looking digital X-Ray, digital screening 75,000-square-foot facility meets for primary care. mammography, ultrasound, and primary and specialized care, the system’s only open MRI. Onranging from cancer care, outpatient Quick facts site lab services include cholesterol rehabilitation and sports medicine. screening, blood thinner testing, thyroid • No overnight beds “We recognized that there was a • 15 to 20 providers on campus a day testing, complete blood cell count, growing need to develop services in and electrolytes and glucose levels, pregnancy • 125 support staff a day around the communities that we serve. tests, flu, strep and mononucleosis The location at High Point was a natural• Services offered tests, urinalysis and PET-CT. growing area in our network and patients The center’s outpatient rehabilitation Emergency Department that we continue to serve,” said Deno services include post-surgery Pharmacy Adkino, executive director of ambulatory rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, care services. “Patients have found it Primary Care physical therapy, balance and fall extremely convenient and top quality.”

Women’s Health Care network prevention, a return-to-work program, The center is not just for emergencies and postural assessment and treatment.

Cancer Center but for patients looking for primary care.

The on-site pharmacy is one of the Health Care Cone Health Primary Care provides special features of the complex. wellness services like disease Imaging Facility “We recognized that there was a need prevention, diagnosis and treatment. to have an on-site pharmacy and based on Outpatient Rehabilitation Dr. Robyn Zanard is the practitioner. the responses from our patients, we add Patients can receive physicals for one next to the emergency department school, camp, sports and work. as well for the convenience of patients,” Adkino as immunizations for teens and adults.

Health Network that provides said. “It has been a huge convenience for LeBauer Primary Care has same-day treatment for women of all ages. our Cancer Center patients, especially.” appointments for patients. Dr. Whit Hodgin “We always make sure that the services The center’s Pulmonary and and nurse practitioner Melissa O’Sullivan we provide meet the needs of the Critical Care services is for patents are available at the center. Patients can community,” Adkino said. “The intent who are suffering from lung and receive disease prevention, diagnosis of the location was to provide the most breathing-related disorders, including and treatment for earaches, sore throats, convenient services for patients in a oneallergies, asthma, chronic obstructive colds, flu and upset stomachs. They do stop shop. We will continue to add services pulmonary disease and lung cancer. physicals for school, sports, camp, work as the community continues to grow.” cdavis@hpe.com | 888-3657 and immunizations for teens and adults.

The Cancer Center offers services The center also offers a Women’s including medical oncology, chemotherapy,

BY CHANEL DAVIS STAFF WRITER

Joan Campbell of Cornerstone Health Care is shown at a display of the physicians’ group services.

Cornerstone seeks growth opportunities

By Paul B. Johnson STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT — Nearly 20 years ago, a set of medical professionals came together to form a practice that has benefited the health of thousands of patients across the High Point area.

Cornerstone Health Care now touches on nearly every major aspect of health care to adults and children through its network of general physicians and specialists.

Cornerstone Health Care opened in 1995 as a group of 42 physicians in 15 practices. Today it has more than 375 physicians and advanced practice providers in more than 90 practices.

Dr. John Walker, the chief medical and operating officer for Cornerstone Health Care, said it envisions further growth in its number of medical providers.

“For the near term, we anticipate some future growth in both the number of physicians and advanced practice providers we have in our organization, specifically focusing on primary care,” Walker said.

“But we’re also looking at growth in the specialty areas as well.”

Cornerstone Health Care has ongoing conversations with other practices about merging with Cornerstone, Walker said.

“Health care delivery is changing and becoming more complex.

There are medical groups out there that are looking to Cornerstone to help them guide

“For the near term, we anticipate some future growth in both the number of physicians and advanced practice providers we have in our organization, specifically focusing on primary care. But we’re also looking at growth in the specialty areas as well.”

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them through the changes that patient education for prevention are occurring,” Walker said.

Dr. John Walker, Cornerstone Health Care and treatment of chronic disease is a group of more than 375 chief medical and operating physicians and advanced officer for Cornerstone Health Care and technological practice providers representing support.

Walker said a wide range of specialties.

Another change in the coming it remains too early to years for Cornerstone Health Care is how it addresses the relationship say how the Affordable Care Act and between patients and its medical providers. the effort to bring more patients under Cornerstone Health Care announced the coverage of health insurance will affect Cornerstone Health Care. more than a year ago that it is shifting from a traditional, fee-for-service model “We don’t have a sense yet for to a patient-centered system providing the flow of patients that will occur because of that,” he said. expanded access to health care services, increased coordination of care, enhanced pjohnson@hpe.com | 888-3528

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In April we will celebrate the one year anniversary of the merger between High Point Regional and UNC Health Care. At this time we also want to thank Jeff Miller for 25 years of leadership and dedication to the hospital and the High Point community.

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City greenway provides a bit of nature

TRIAD — Nothing like a round of golf to enjoy the outdoors and stay in shape, and the Triad has plenty of reasonably priced options when it comes to public courses.

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YMCA has long history in High Point

Blair Park Golf Course

• Location: 1901 S. Main St., High Point • Phone: (336) 883-3497 The course was built as nine holes in 1931 and a second nine holes were added in the mid-1940s.

The 18-hole facility has hosted several local golf championships. The course measures 6,449 yards from the championships tees and plays to a par of 72. It opens with two par-5s, then tests the golfer with a par-4.

There is a pro shop and a grill room on the grounds.

Oak Hollow Golf Course

•Location: 3400 N. Centennial St., High Point • Phone: (336) 883-3260 The course is located adjacent to Oak Hollow Lake and opened in 1972, designed by legendary golf-course architect Pete Dye. The 18-hole course offers golfers several peninsula greens, pot bunkers FILE | HPE Stephanie Cargua (left) and Sade Carter cycle along the and railroad ties to navigate. The course measures Armstrong Park Greenway entrance off E. Parkway Avenue. 6,155 yards for the average golfer and plays to a par of 72. There is a pro shop, driving range, grill room, campground and tournament pavilion on the grounds.

BY PAT KIMBROUGH STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT — Hop on High Point’s greenway for a walk, jog, bike ride or just to escape for a while into a little bit of nature.

The 3.5-mile paved trail runs from Armstrong Park, just off E. Parkway Avenue, to University Park at Deep River Road. Vehicles are prohibited from the trail, parts of which run along creeks and streams.

The city has built the greenway in phases over the years, but, until recently, the City Council has not approved completion of a continuous trail through High Point, leaving a onemile gap in the greenway system.

That will change if the city this spring is awarded a state grant.

The city is seeking up to $500,000 from the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, or PARTF, to assist with the long-planned but yet-to-be-built piece of the greenway from University Park to the Piedmont Environmental Center at Penny Road.

The segment will connect High Point with Greensboro’s greenway system.

The trail will travel through part of unincorporated Guilford County and connect with the Bicentennial Greenway near Jamestown.

Development of this as a regional trail through the county was first proposed 25 years ago.

Most of the Bicentennial Greenway runs through the city of Greensboro. To date, about 14 miles of the Bicentennial Greenway have been built. Only the remaining High Point piece is needed to provide for a continuous, 20-mile segment that connects the two cities.

The greenway is one of the city’s amenities that has always ranked high in public surveys and other feedback showing its popularity.

Several years ago, a comprehensive recreation master plan was developed for the city, and completion of the greenway was ranked as a high priority.

City leaders now believe they have a way to pay for the final segment, which is expected to cost about $2.5 million.

The city must match any state grant funds that are awarded for the project, which they plan to do with a portion of up to $6.1 million in two-thirds bonds the city will seek to issue later this year.

The city is seeking the state’s approval to issue the bonds, which don’t require voter approval. State law allows local governments to borrow up to two-thirds the amount of general obligation bond debt paid off during the last fiscal year. The city retired $9.1 million in bond debt during 2012-13 and will seek $6.1 million in two-thirds bonds.

In addition to the greenway, the city may use the funding to shore up part of an eroding railroad bank along Washington Street and for new sidewalk construction. pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531

Winding Creek Golf Club

• Location: 72 Winding Creek Road, Thomasville • Phone: (336) 475-5580 Winding Creek is a regulation, 18-hole, municipal golf course. The course measures 6,367 yards and is a par 72. The course is open year round during daylight hours. Golfing facilities include the pro shop, putting green, driving range and grill room.

Olde Homeplace Golf Club

• Location: 4295 Wallburg Road, Winston-Salem • Phone: (336) 769-1076 The course measures 6,515 yards with a par of 72.

The location has in-house catering, picnic and banquet facilities, beverage carts and a golf shop. The practice facilities include a driving range, two large putting greens, two hitting cages, three practice sand traps and two chipping greens. The course hosts group outings.

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Ed Hester (from left), Doug Vergith and his wife Sheila practice their swings at the Oak Hollow Golf Course driving range.

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TRIAD — The YMCA of High Point has an annual River Landing at Sandy Ridge operating budget of $8.1 • Location: 1575 John Knox Drive, Colfax million with assets totaling • Phone: (336) 668-4900 $17 million. More than 360 The par 36, 9-hole golf course was built in 1970 by full-time and part-time staff Gene Hamm. The course is composed of one par 3, serve in its four branches. one par 5, and seven par 4s. Tee times are available In 1985, more than 15,500 seven days a week. Tuesday, Thursday and Wednesday people ranging in age from mornings are set aside for River Landing residents. infants to senior citizens were served annually by programs Holly Ridge Golf Links provided by the High Point • Location: 7933 U.S. 311 south, Archdale YMCA. Activities include • Phone: (336) 861- 4653 camping, child care, leadership The golf course, which opened in 1994, is an training and sports, which 18-hole, 6,579-yard Jim Bevins design. The course are determined by branch offers a clubhouse with committees and boards. a fully stocked pro shop.

“The YMCA focuses on three agencies,” said David Jamestown Ozmore, president and chief Park Golf Course executive officer. “One is youth • Location: 7041 East development, and we are still Fork Road, Jamestown one of the leading agencies in •Phone: (336)454-4912 the community that provides care and structured programs The course is an 18-hole golf course for kids, whether it is after school and tutorial support or that measures 6,700 yards and plays to par summer day camp. Youth sports is more than basketball and 72. The park setting soccer, it is teaching teamwork offers amenities LAURA GREENE | HPE and sportsmanship. Swimming including baseball and aquatics are hopefully Richard Sparks hones his putting and soccer fields, teaching kids a lifelong skill. skills on the putting green at tennis courts and We teach teenagers jobs skills.

Blair Park Golf Course. covered shelters.

We have been doing this for a long time. We are also for healthy living, which means we are trying to prevent obesity, whether it is youth or adult. We serve all ages in our healthy living component. We are also social responsible by teaching volunteerism. There are hundreds of volunteers that help us in our work.”

The area Young Men’s Christian Association was started in 1923 when Edgar Hartley came to be the general secretary of the new chapter.

During the first two decades, programs centered on activities for boys, primarily swimming, soccer and other sports, club programs, Sunday school and teen programs, and were held at the corner of Main Street and Russell Avenue. Soon, the center began providing

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service to men in the armed forces.

After the war came a strong emphasis on Hi-Y, a club program for high school boys. The building was enlarged to include handball courts, a health club and two floors of residence rooms.

As sports leagues became popular, the High Point YMCA traveled to Butler, Pa., in 1952 and won the national YMCA championship. The following year, the national tournament was held at the High Point YMCA, the first time it had ever been held in the South. The High Point team lost in the finals to a team from the Christian Street YMCA in Philadelphia.

In 1942, a group of AfricanAmerican ministers petitioned the YMCA for a branch for African-American boys in the community. The Carl Chavis branch, named after the first black solider from High Point who died in World War II, began operation in 1944 on the second floor of a building on Washington Street.

Early programs were table games, such as pool, Hi-Y and singing groups. In 1958, a new building was opened on Fourth Street. The Carl Chavis YMCA now operates in partnership with the High Point Housing Authority and operates a full service YMCA and five-star licensed child care center.

The branch offers youth basketball, golf, baseball, soccer, flag football and cheerleading. It also offers a minority achievers program for students in high school, a dance program and a magazine program for youth.

Adults can participate in fitness activities such as Zumba, aerobics and kettleball exercises. There is a basketball league at the center for adults 21 and older. Seniors can participate in a senior club or the SilverSneakers program.

In 1957, plans were made for Camp Cheerio. The camp is located in Glade Valley and offers summer residential camping for children ages 7-15. During the four weeks of girls camp or the six weeks of co-ed camp, youth have the chance to participate in more than 35 different activities that help them explore and develop their potential. Daily activities include aquatics, challenge sports, field games, creative arts, nature studies,

carnival nights and capture the flag. Access to the Blue Ridge Mountains allow for day trips, including canoeing on the New River, going to Carowinds and climbing.

By 1975, the YMCA had reorganized to a metropolitan structure, with a board of directors and branch board of management for the Hartley Drive, Carl Chavis and Cheerio Branches. The YMCA also began participating in United Way’s Big Brother/ Big Sister program.

A capital campaign in 1977 resulted in $2.5 million being raised for the construction of a new building on the north side of High Point. A subsequent campaign in 1987 provided funds for additional construction at the Hartley Drive Family, Carl Chavis

and Cheerio Branches.

The current Hartley Drive Family branch has a pool, swimming lessons, scuba lessons and a swim team. A fitness center and fitness programs are offered including indoor cycling, SilverSneakers, aerobics, Pilates and Zumba. The branch focuses on family by offering child care, summer camps, after-school camps, speciality summer camps, a youth and teen club, and a leader’s club.

The Archdale- Trinity YMCA was chartered in 2005 and began with the merging of the local Little League baseball program, Guil-Rand Youth Soccer Association and summer day camp held at Trindale Community Church.

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Robert Whitaker, MD, has more than a decade of experience providing quality care to patients of all ages, from children to seniors. Mark Emery, MD, is experienced with ear, nose and throat medicine as well as allergy testing, and is committed to holistic care for his patients. Should you ever need surgery, you can be confident knowing Drs. Whitaker and Emery have extensive training in advanced surgical techniques to get you back to your routine as soon as possible.

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YMCA FROM PAGE 9 A soccer complex was purchased in 2006 on Turnpike Road in Trinity and now has 350 youth soccer participants.

A gift from Carl and Linda Grubb led to the construction of a 30,000-square-foot facility on N.C. 62, and the Carl and Linda Grubb Family YMCA opened in May 2010.

The center has Wellness programs that include group workouts, personal training and fitness for kids. It offers an after-school club and summer camp for youth and SilverSneakers and luncheons for seniors. Sports for adults include men’s softball, co-ed volleyball, indoor and outdoor soccer. Youth sports include soccer, softball, baseball, basketball, indoor soccer, girls volleyball and flag football.

The YWCA of High Point has been providing opportunities for women and their families since 1920. “Over the years we are able to really focus on needs within our community so that we are not duplicating efforts. Our organization helps provide services and programs that help people reach selfsufficient lives,� said Heidi Majors, executive director.

Hartley Drive Family YMCA • Location: 150 W. Hartley Drive, High Point: • Phone: (336) 869-0151 • Hours: Sunday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (fitness center), 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (entire facility); Monday thru Thursday: 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday: 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.;

David Clark works on his homework at the Chavis Y afterschool program.

“We also help improve the quality of life and safety.�

The program offers afterschool care, summer camp for children in grades K-8 and volunteer and service learning opportunities. There is a Teen Mom program that works with teenage mothers under the age of 18 who are pregnant or parenting for the first time. The Baby Basics Closet helps parents who infant care supplies, and children’s clothing sizes newborn to about age two, disposable diapers, car seats and cribs.

There is a program called Women Services offers Carl Chavis Memorial YMCA • Location: 2757 Granville St., High Point • Phone: (336) 434-4000 • Hours: Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.; Monday thru Thursday:7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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program related to eliminating racism and empowering women. The center has Ready to Ride program that allows low income families to get car seats, a Women in Transition program that is designed for women moving through a challenging tradition in their lives, and a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program. There is a Career Closet program that is open for women who are going through interviews or have a new job but need professional clothing. There is also a Women’s Resource Center where individuals can obtain

Carl and Linda Grubb Family YMCA • Location: 609 Trindale Road, Trinity • Phone: (336) 861-7788 • Hours: Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.; Monday thru Thursday: 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday: 5:30 a.m. to 8

information bout resources available in the community.

For fitness, the YWCA offers SilverSneakers, arthritis water exercise, water aerobics, swim lessons, yoga and a swim team, along with a fitness center.

There is also a pottery studio on-site will pottery classes.

The Latino Family Center is a new addition to the YWCA. The center is designed to improving the quality of life and promoting community participation of Latinos liven the area. There are three core program that meet the Latino community’s need. “We have always had a great working relationship with the center and now they are under our umbrella,�

Majors said. “The programs has remained the same and now it is growing.�

Majors said that the YWCA is currently raising funds in its Growing our Future Capital Campaign to renovate the building. “It is two phases and they each are about $1.5 million. For Phase 1, we are actually just short a little over 100,000 of that goal. Once we hit that goal we are looking to break ground in the fall of 2014,� Majors said. cdavis@hpe.com | 888-3657

YWCA • Location: 112 Gatewood Ave., High Point • Phone: (336) 882-4126 • Hours: Sunday: 1 to 4 p.m. (pool and exercise facility); Monday thru Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (office), 6 a.m - 7 p.m. (pool); Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (pool and exercise facility)

YMCA Camp Cheerio • Location: 1430 Camp Cheerio Road, Glade Valley • Phone: (336) 363-2604

Area offers many housing options for the elderly

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TRIAD — The Triad area is full of assisted living facilities for those who have loved ones that need constant care.

Pennybyrn at Maryfield Pennybyrn at Maryfield is a continuing care retirement community and has a Culture of Caring model where residents live in neighborhoods, receive the level of service most appropriate for their care needs and enjoy a high quality of life.

The governing organization, Maryfield Inc., is a nonprofit corporation founded by the Sisters of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God. The sisters dreamed of coming to America due to the support and kindness shown to them by the American soldiers in Europe during World War II. They began operating Maryfield, a 22-bed Catholic nursing home in 1947.

Pennybyrn is composed of three distinct neighborhoods: independent living neighborhood, Taylor Village Assisted Living Neighborhood and Maryfield Health Care Households neighborhood.

The retirement community is for men and women 62 and older. The facility sits on 71 acres in northeast High Point near Jamestown.

The facility has an Irish pub, heated swimming pool, fitness program and exercise classes, and offers a golf membership to Jamestown Park Golf Course, a putting green, library and computer lab, an arts and crafts studio and a woodworking shop.

There are three chapels on the campus, and the facility offers walking trails, a beauty and barber salon, mail and communications center, a full-service bank, guest suites and a billiards room.

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Pennybyrn at Maryfield is a continuing care retirement community located off Penny Road.

neighborhood, residents are supported in daily activities by licensed nurses and certified nurse assistants that are available 24 hours a day.

Maryfield Health Care Households have furnished bedrooms for residents in a nursing home environment.

Nurses make sure residents have health care education, nutrition therapy, rehabilitation, and 24-hour security and emergency care.

River Landing at Sandy Ridge River Landing at Sandy Ridge is a Presbyterian Home located in north High Point.

It opened in High Point in 1952, and was such a success through the years, organizers decided to open an additional retirement community — River Landing at Sandy Ridge, which opened its doors in January 2003.

River Landing offers assisted living and memory care, as well as intermediate and skilled nursing. It also offers shortterm physical, occupational and speech therapy and rehabilitation. There is a nursing emergency response team available 24 hours a day.

Amenities at the facility include a Wellness Center, a Fitness Studio, an Aquatic Center, weight room, a par 36 9-hole golf course,

a putting green, a tennis court, a croquet lawn, fishing ponds and walking trails.

The facility offers fine dining, a 1950s cafe and private dining for residents.

Residents have access to a library, a full-service bank, a post office, transportation, a gift shop and convenience store, a woodworking shop, a computer lab, an arts and crafts studio, a hair salon and barber shop, a medical clinic, and a billiards room.

Shannon Gray The Shannon Gray Rehabilitation and Recovery Center opened its doors in April 2010.

The facility, formerly Evergreens, spans 8 acres and is located in Jamestown.

It has 150 licensed Medicare/ Medicaid beds. There are four communities named after the four regions of the state: the Heartland, the Sandhills, the Crystal Coast and the Highlands. Every hallway and every congregate area has an individual name, including local historical names such as Mendenhall, Guilford and Sedgefield.

Services include private dining, recreation areas, on-site hair care, full-time registered nurses on site 24 hours a day, oxygen therapy, IV antibiotics, wound care, a full-time social

worker, resident transpiration, dietitian, and a medical director. It has physical, occupational and speech therapists, and an in-group pool with a treadmill for physical rehabilitation services located on 1,700-square-feet of space.

Providence Place Providence Place has been open since 1978 and its campus includes the Westchester Village independent living facility and the Westchester Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center skilled nursing facility.

The independent living facility offers staff on site 24 hours a day. Small pets are welcome, and the cost includes all utilities and basic cable.

The Westchester Harbour is an assisted living facility on the campus that offers a Memory Care Center that provides therapeutic care for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. There is on-site physical therapy and certified activities personnel on staff.

The skilled nursing facility has no more than 22 residents per hall. Private insurance residents are welcome, and the facility is Medicare/ Medicaid certified. There is a beauty salon on site, a dining room on every floor, and a recreational therapist.

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Assisted living facilities Pennybyrn at Maryfield • Location: 109 Penny Road, High Point • Phone: (336) 821-4000

River Landing • Location: 1575 John Knox Drive, Colfax • Phone: (336) 668-4900

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Marjorie Pinckney is shown in her River Landing apartment. River Landing at Sandy Ridge is a Presbyterian Home located in north High Point.

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Residents enjoy a game of cards in Hennessy’s Pub at Pennybyrn.

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Leslie Russell works out in the fitness center at River Landing.

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